Scotland suffer at the hands of Irish
HOME INTERNATIONALS: Scotland's hopes of Boys' Home Internationals glory suffered a crippling early blow as they lost to Ireland on the opening day at Southerness.
The Scots, who won the title the last time the event was held on home soil at Moray in 2006, went down 12-3 to an impressive Irish side.
Stuart Wilson's team found themselves on the back foot in the morning foursomes and only a half point from the pairing of Conor O'Neil and Paul McPhee prevented Ireland claiming a clean-sweep of the session. Trailing 4.5-0.5 heading into the singles, the Scots picked up just two-and-half points from the ten singles matches as the Irish eased to victory.
In the day's other fixture, defending champions England were held to a 7.5-7.5 draw by a battling Wales side.